Ceiling support
The crossword clue "Ceiling support" is answered by JOIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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JOIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JOIST answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for JOIST
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- Support beam - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Floor support - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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